// cheat code 05  ·  runs without you  ·  checked aug 25, 2026

Five jobs that run while you sleep.

Up to now you've been asking it things. This is the part where it works when you're not there. Set each one up once, on a schedule, and wake up to the note. Claude or ChatGPT, $20 plan, about 10 minutes each.

Kaleb Webb
A free guide by Kaleb Webb. The morning note is the one I actually wake up to. The businesses I run (automotive, real estate, media) start their day on it.
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5 jobs10 min each to set up$20 plan (either app)runs with the laptop closed
// read first

Four things before the first one.

This needs the $20 plan

Scheduled jobs are the paid feature on both apps. Claude: any paid plan. ChatGPT: Plus, five jobs max (the cheaper Go plan gets three). If you've been on the fence about the $20, this page is the reason.

Plug in email and calendar first

Every job below reads your calendar and your inbox. Day One, setup 4 (two minutes). Without it the job runs and finds nothing.

Where the button is

Claude: open Cowork and type /schedule, or look for Scheduled in the sidebar. ChatGPT: Scheduled in the sidebar, or just tell it "schedule this every weekday at 6:30am." It runs in the cloud. Laptop closed is fine. The time and days go in the form when you create it, not in the prompt. Where the note shows up: Claude puts it in the Scheduled list and pings your phone if you have the app. ChatGPT can push or email it to you (Settings, Notifications).

Two-week rule

Start with one job, not five. If you stop reading a report, delete the job. A report nobody reads is just another subscription.

01Morning note 024pm sweep 03Sunday sheet 04Price alarm 05Friday 06Teammate
01WEEKDAYS 6:30AM

The morning note.

// what it replacesOpening six apps before coffee to figure out what today even is.
// what it doesReads today's calendar and the email since yesterday morning. Leaves you one short note: what you owe people, what needs a reply, and the one thing to do first. It reads like a note from someone who read everything so you don't have to.
// paste this into /schedule (Claude) or tell ChatGPT to schedule it
Every weekday at 6:30am: look at my calendar for today and my email since yesterday morning (since Friday if it's Monday), including what I sent. Write me one short note: 1) anything I said I'd do or send and haven't, 2) emails that need a reply from me, with who and what they're asking, 3) the one thing to do first today and why. Names and specifics. Under 150 words. If nothing needs me, say so in one line.

This one is mine. It's the difference between starting the day and being started by it.

// you'll know it worked whenYou read it in the time it takes the kettle to boil, and you already know the first thing you're doing.
next: 4pm sweep ↓
02WEEKDAYS 4PM

The 4pm "did I forget anyone" sweep.

// what it replacesRemembering at 9pm that somebody asked you a question at 10am.
// what it doesOnce a day, late afternoon, it looks at every email that came in today, finds the ones that asked you something and are still sitting there, and drafts the reply in your voice. It does not send. It hands you the drafts. You tap send or you don't.
// paste this into /schedule
Every weekday at 4pm: look at email I received today. Find every one that asks me a question or needs a decision and that I haven't replied to. For each: who, what they need, and a short reply in my voice ready to send. Don't send anything. If none, say "you're clear."

Do setup 3 in Day One first (your voice) or the drafts will sound like a bank. Leave the job set to ask you before it does anything, and keep the "don't send anything" line in the prompt. It drafts, you send. Worst case is a draft you delete.

// you'll know it worked whenIt catches the one you'd have apologized for tomorrow.
next: sunday sheet ↓
03SUNDAYS 7PM

The Sunday family sheet.

// what it replacesTuesday morning, the form was due Monday, and the snack was your kid.
// what it doesSunday evening it reads next week's calendar and the emails from school, teams, camps and the group threads you forward it. One list: what needs a form, a ride, money, a snack, a costume. Who's driving. What's due when.
// paste this into /schedule
Every Sunday at 7pm: look at my calendar through next Monday and my email from the last 7 days from schools, coaches, activities and anything about my kids. Make one list for the week: each day, what's happening, and anything that needs a form signed, money paid, a ride, or something brought. Flag anything due before Wednesday at the top. Plain list, no paragraphs. Use my kids' names. Don't name other people's kids, but keep anything that changes what I bring, like an allergy.

If school email goes to your partner, connect their inbox on their account and run it there, or forward the school stuff to yourself for a week and see what it catches. Kids' names are fine here; it's your calendar. Other people's kids, leave out.

// you'll know it worked whenSunday night you know about the Thursday thing. Nobody in the house has ever known about the Thursday thing on Sunday.
next: price alarm ↓
04MONTHLY OR WEEKLY

The price-hike alarm.

// what it replacesThe subscription that went from $9 to $14 in March and you found out in November.
// what it doesOnce a month it reads the receipts and statements that land in your inbox and lists every charge that looks like a subscription, with the amount, and anything that costs more than it did last month. It's an alarm, and that's all it is. If your app doesn't offer monthly (Claude's options are hourly, daily, weekdays, weekly), set it weekly. It just rings more often.
// paste this into /schedule
Look at email from the last 31 days for receipts, invoices, renewal notices and statements. List every charge that looks like a subscription or a monthly bill, with the amount. Flag anything that says it went up, anything that says "renewal" or "trial ending," and anything that shows up at two different amounts. Short table. Skip one-time purchases.

It only sees what hits your email, so it won't catch a charge that never sends a receipt. For the full version, once a quarter, do the budgeting move in What I Stopped Paying For.

// you'll know it worked whenThe first run finds a renewal you didn't know was coming.
next: friday ↓
05FRIDAYS 4PM

The Friday scoreboard.

// what it replacesYour boss asks what you worked on this week and you say "a lot of stuff."
// what it doesFriday afternoon it looks at what you sent, what you attended, and what got finished, and writes the one-paragraph version. What actually left your hands. Nothing fluffy. Paste it into the check-in, or read it and feel better.
// paste this into /schedule
Every Friday at 4pm: look at my calendar and my sent email for this week. Write one short paragraph, in my voice, of what I actually got done: things sent, decided, finished, or handled. Specific, no adjectives. Then one line: the thing that slipped to next week. Under 120 words.

Save each one. In three months you have the case for the raise, written by the week.

// you'll know it worked whenYou read it and think "oh, I did do a lot."
next: teammate ↓
06THE ONE I RUN

The teammate: Grok Bot.

// who it's forSomeone running a business. If you have a job, read this one and don't buy it yet.
// what it isThe five jobs above run on a clock. Grok Bot is different: it's always on, you message it like a coworker, and you teach it a job by showing it once. I run one as a chief of staff for the businesses. It costs more than the $20 plans (it comes with SuperGrok Plus, $100 a month as I write this, and up, plus some Cursor plans; the price has moved around this year, so check it the day you look).
// what I told mine, more or less
You're my chief of staff. Every morning, before I'm up, pull together what's due, what's hot, and what I should do first, from my calendar and email. Draft replies for anything waiting on me but don't send. If something is on fire, message me. Otherwise, one note, before 7am.

If you've done the five jobs above and you're still here, you're ready. If you skipped them to get to this one, go back. The clock version is the free lesson.

// you'll know it worked whenTwo weeks in, you stop checking whether it ran.
only setting up one? ↓ ↓
// only setting up one?

The morning note.

It's the one that changes how the day starts, and every other job on this page is a version of it. Set it up tonight, read it tomorrow, decide about the rest by Friday.

01 morning note
// straight talk

This is the line most people never cross.

Asking AI questions is level one. Handing it a job that runs when you're not there is the part that gives you hours back, and almost nobody outside of tech has done it. The 30-Day Challenge is thirty of these, built with your hands, on your job.

// what changed
DateChange
Aug 25, 2026First version. Every schedule was written in plain English and checked against how Claude and ChatGPT set up scheduled jobs the day this went up.
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